Michael Rose
On a remote stretch of border between Timor-Leste and Indonesia, a dispute over a remote hamlet is stirring memories of conflict many hoped was behind them.
CNRT party leader and former independence fighter, Xanana Gusmao, on the campaign trail in Dili, Timor Leste..
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After 400 years of Portuguese colonial rule and decades of hostile occupation by Indonesia, Timor-Leste is a flourishing stable democracy.
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There are several ways Australia can support its northern neighbour, to the benefit of both countries.
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New research on Australia’s statecraft shows the individuals behind official programs and policies are as important as the work itself.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly responds to questions at a news conference as Public Safety Minister Marco Mendocino listens in Vancouver on Nov. 27, 2022.
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If ties to democratic regimes in the Indo-Pacific region are to mean anything, Canada must look to smaller, poorer democracies and not only to the obvious partners — and become a human rights advocate.
Annie Yuan Cih Wu
Each night there is a series of fights. Each winner chicken will continuously fight to the next round until the last winner is announced.
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The nation’s long-held desire to become an ASEAN member is at last moving - but exactly when and how it will achieve full membership remains unknown.
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The lawyer and his client, Witness K, are accused of disclosing information related to a covert ASIS spying operation. These are the legal issues that are likely to be raised at trial.
Timorese children are seen in 1999 following the referendum on independence from Indonesia.
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Two decades after it helped the Timorese people gain their freedom, Canada would do well to provide a significant helping hand to the country again.
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AAP/Antonio Dasiparu
Timor-Leste has had a long and violent history of struggle for self-determination, and while there is much to celebrate, there is also still much to do.
Witness K and his lawyer are accused of conspiring to reveal that Australia’s former foreign minister ordered an espionage operation against East Timor’s government.
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The prosecution wants a closed trial, while the defence wants to keep secret only what’s necessary to protect Australia’s national security.
The leaders of the 18 Asia-Pacific economies pose for a family photo in Vancouver in 1997. Indonesia’s Suharto is sixth from the left. Protests against human rights violations were kept hidden from Suharto during the summit.
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Canada’s clashes with Indonesia in the 1990s over human rights abuses contain lessons for the current Canadian-Saudi Arabian diplomatic dispute.
Protest at the Australian embassy in Timor-Leste over the oil and gas revenue-sharing deal between the countries.
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Prosecuting whistleblowers has the potential to further shake public confidence in Australia’s criminal justice system.
Lawyer Bernard Collaery, who will be prosecuted along with his client, known as Witness K, for exposing Australia’s spying on Timor-Leste.
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Targeting Witness K and his lawyer in the Timor-Leste bugging case shows a government increasingly hostile to the media.
The central element of the Timor Sea dispute seems far from resolved.
AAP/Caroline Berdon
Despite a breakthrough on boundaries in the Timor Sea, the crucial question of how the shared oil and gas are to be developed remains unresolved.
Timor-Leste returns to the polls on Saturday to elect a parliament for the second time in the past year.
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Timor-Leste’s vibrant democracy is seen as a bright light in a troubled region, but political instability could threaten the progress it has made.
Catalans protest the Spanish government crackdown after voting for independence.
Reuters/Yves Herman
Despite the passionate for which they are usually fought, independence movements are rarely successful and their outcomes less than hoped for.
Timor-Leste and Australia will renegotiate a treaty from 2006.
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A 2006 treaty governing the A$40 billion Greater Sunrise oil and gas fields has been a source of contention for a number of years.
The tiny island nation Timor-Leste is fighting its large southern neighbour Australia over rights to an offshore oil and gas field.
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A conflict over the maritime border between the two countries has considerable implications for Timor-Leste’s future security, and its viability as an independent sovereign state.